text: The second May Bank Holiday saw two of the UK’s largest festivals open – and in one case close – its doors: the BBC’s Biggest Weekend drew crowds to four cities representing England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, while the Hay festival (which runs until this Sunday) once again built its own tented conurbation just down the road from the famed “town of books”.
  Both elicited the same sort of excitement in their respective audiences, drawn together by their love of music or manuscripts respectively. But what united them further was the due diligence required when it came to choosing appropriate clothing.
  Although both events alluded to it, neither dress code was ever likely to be a walk in the park. Apparel capable of going from high summer to a sudden deluge in minutes is necessary, all the while managing the recent uptick in festival-goer decorum that would have appeared fanciful to those who considered mud-wrestling the only viable offstage attraction just a few years ago.